<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows improperly handles reparse points. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite or delete a targeted file that would normally require elevated permissions.</p>
<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and overwrite or delete files.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles reparse points.</p>
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-10-16T22:17:34
Updated: 2024-11-18T16:01:34.987Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16877
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.679Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:12.697
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:18.733
Link: CVE-2020-16877
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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